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i think who likes mitt romney? who thinks mitt romney. that's my guy. >> well you are talking about an enthusiasm gap. there's an enthuse am gap that i'm sure you haven't seen play out in the primaries. will he be able to mobile nice enthusiasm? >> you will see two of his sons were pretty enthusiastic. >> and like three hedge fund managers on wall street. so we have so much more to talk about here. what is going to happen in february as this thing unfolds. we'll hear the winner's speech. we'll get to rick santorum the loser's speech. a lot of telling moments right now, come right back. >> in the state of the union address the president said these words. let's remember how we got here. don't worry, mr. president, we know exactly how we got here, you won the election. a great tasting mint core, frosted in powerful cooling crystals. ice breakers frost. feel the frost. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to hear. ...until the truth reveals itself. boat-rockers. and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current
i think who likes mitt romney? who thinks mitt romney. that's my guy. >> well you are talking about an enthusiasm gap. there's an enthuse am gap that i'm sure you haven't seen play out in the primaries. will he be able to mobile nice enthusiasm? >> you will see two of his sons were pretty enthusiastic. >> and like three hedge fund managers on wall street. so we have so much more to talk about here. what is going to happen in february as this thing unfolds. we'll hear the...
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hello, romney's world. in romney's world you don't work for the television's workshop. you work for the children's television sweatshop. ha, ha ha. >> that's so sad to hear. what are you going to do for money, elmo? >> it will be very difficult for elmo. instead of tickle me elmo, elmo is going to have to tickle you. i will do that for $40. >> $20. >> i think you're done talking now. we're officially done talking now. >> jennifer: well, thank you all for joining us here
hello, romney's world. in romney's world you don't work for the television's workshop. you work for the children's television sweatshop. ha, ha ha. >> that's so sad to hear. what are you going to do for money, elmo? >> it will be very difficult for elmo. instead of tickle me elmo, elmo is going to have to tickle you. i will do that for $40. >> $20. >> i think you're done talking now. we're officially done talking now. >> jennifer: well, thank you all for joining us...
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romney's vice president. it's a nice thought, you know, there is all of these trial balloons all the time with vice presidential picks, but condoleeza rice, there is some thought that the she may or may not have voted for barack obama in 2008. she may or may not be considered -- you she had saw the pro life movement considers her to be pro-choice. they are not going to have it if, in fact, she were the choice. so i just don't know of a way in which romney could make that pick and have it be palatable to his base. i think if, in fact, he did pick her, it would probably be a similar situation to what mccain did in '08 where, you know, basically, this is kind of a hail mary. they feel like they are going to lose and they need to try something. i don't see it happening with her. it's a good story and a fun talking about on the sunday talk shows. >> i don't see condoleeza rice being convinced. after you have been secretary of state, travel all around the world, that's a much better job than the job of vice preside
romney's vice president. it's a nice thought, you know, there is all of these trial balloons all the time with vice presidential picks, but condoleeza rice, there is some thought that the she may or may not have voted for barack obama in 2008. she may or may not be considered -- you she had saw the pro life movement considers her to be pro-choice. they are not going to have it if, in fact, she were the choice. so i just don't know of a way in which romney could make that pick and have it be...
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romney. >> he may. he's a nice guy. >> it is the bland leading the bland again. >> that's portman too. you're so welcome here. thank you so much for your great insights, donnie fowler and david mermin. he's still not sure how to spell it but brett ehrlich has made his way up to the lake to join mitt romney on vacation. be very afraid. his report is next. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's ok. i've played a pilot before
romney. >> he may. he's a nice guy. >> it is the bland leading the bland again. >> that's portman too. you're so welcome here. thank you so much for your great insights, donnie fowler and david mermin. he's still not sure how to spell it but brett ehrlich has made his way up to the lake to join mitt romney on vacation. be very afraid. his report is next. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using...
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here comes romney. he throws the softball up. >> romney: our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission. we're now at 285. we're headed down to the low 200s if we go through a sequestration. that's unacceptable to me. >> cenk: oh, really? yeah 1917. our navy is smaller. our navy is not as good. president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go underwater nuclear submarines. >> cenk: oh! mitt, welcome to the middle of the ring. oh no! look what's happening! god, i love that line. that was my favorite line. actually, i think it was one of the best lines i've seen in a debate in a long time. romney makes the mistake of challenging president obama on israel. saying he hasn't gone there enough. here's his response. >> obama: when i went to israel as a candidate.
here comes romney. he throws the softball up. >> romney: our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission. we're now at 285. we're headed down to the low 200s if we go through a sequestration. that's unacceptable to me. >> cenk: oh, really? yeah 1917. our navy is smaller. our navy is not as good. president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our...
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keep it up mitt romney but despite all of the evidence that the romney campaign is in need of serious repair stewart stevens seems to be writing his own fictional screen play telling "politico," i think mitt romney is going to win. in that case i would guess it's a horror movie. joining me now is author of that article jim vanderhei. jim thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. is stewart stevens being scapegoated for a lousy campaign. >> is it his fault? probably not. it's romney who is really i think dictated the strategy of trying to keep the focus on the economy. if you look at our story today, clearly a lot of republicans are trying to make stewart the scapegoat. listen, he controls the message, the speeches, the convention, all three are a mess so he is to blame. so there are inside the romney campaign who feel he is a problem. >> jennifer: don't you think that blaming the strategist is the first sign of a dying campaign? >> i don't think you have ever blame the strategist. one thing i have learned fr
keep it up mitt romney but despite all of the evidence that the romney campaign is in need of serious repair stewart stevens seems to be writing his own fictional screen play telling "politico," i think mitt romney is going to win. in that case i would guess it's a horror movie. joining me now is author of that article jim vanderhei. jim thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. is...
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romney at 4 september. it was a two % bump up for romney. is this typically or would you have expected a different number? >> we are supposed to see how this plays outed. this started on the 7th and just finished last night. so it's over the course where romney chose paul and so. >> you don't get the full brunt of it? >> we are sorting that out. obama was up in a fair amount of the polls. the fact romney is up shows a little bit of a bump. >> so today is tuesday, he selected him on saturday when go we expect bell see the polls with the first full reaction? >> i like to see the polls over a few days so that they actually get sort of a nice diverse sample. i think in the next couple of days we will see polls that reflect the -- >> the bump. >> the bump if there is one. both sides are to create a narrative around who he is. >> the big place to define him in is at the moment florida what do you expect to see? do you think the democrats will succeed in defining him as taking away your medicare successfully? >> no. i was really concerned about flo
romney at 4 september. it was a two % bump up for romney. is this typically or would you have expected a different number? >> we are supposed to see how this plays outed. this started on the 7th and just finished last night. so it's over the course where romney chose paul and so. >> you don't get the full brunt of it? >> we are sorting that out. obama was up in a fair amount of the polls. the fact romney is up shows a little bit of a bump. >> so today is tuesday, he...
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in june that was obama, 45% and romney, 41%. and in pennsylvania president obama has a commanding 11-point lead over mitt romney, 53% over 42%. the president's lead was just six points in june. and there's more bad news for mitt romney out of my state of michigan. the latest epic poll has him down six points to president obama, 48% to 42%. but look at what it was in june. romney was up by one point. very interesting. and here is another number for you. 97. that's how many days there are until the election. how much do all of these polls matter? what are the real reasons why we're still seeing a tilt towards the president? for insights and analysis we're going to turn to washington and pollster mark maelman, ceo of the melman group. mark, glad to see you inside "the war room"." >> the pleasure is mine as always. >> why oh why is this happening? why is romney not doing well? why is the president surging? >> you see this particularly in the swing states where there has been a lot of advertising attacking mitt romney. it has impact.
in june that was obama, 45% and romney, 41%. and in pennsylvania president obama has a commanding 11-point lead over mitt romney, 53% over 42%. the president's lead was just six points in june. and there's more bad news for mitt romney out of my state of michigan. the latest epic poll has him down six points to president obama, 48% to 42%. but look at what it was in june. romney was up by one point. very interesting. and here is another number for you. 97. that's how many days there are until...
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mitt romney was basically the same mitt romney we saw in denver. two weeks ago. roughly two weeks ago. i thought that the president because he raised his game to some extent from the first time around obviously is going to look better by comparison than he did. he will probably be declared the winner of this. >> stephanie: probably. >> maybe. >> stephanie: romney did try the same play. remember we were saying is he going to do the same play. he did. this time he got fact checked in real time. he tried the same lies and the same position flips. it is just -- you know -- bam. okay. george will. on abc news. >> i think there was a winner in the sense that barack obama not only gained ground he had lost but he cauterized some wounds that he inflicted on himself by seem too dissident and disengaged. both men tonight i think tiptoed right up to the point of rudeness but stepped back. it was a very good fight. i have seen every presidential debate in american history since before nixon and kennedy in 1960. this was immeasurably the best. >> lincoln douglas? >> stephanie
mitt romney was basically the same mitt romney we saw in denver. two weeks ago. roughly two weeks ago. i thought that the president because he raised his game to some extent from the first time around obviously is going to look better by comparison than he did. he will probably be declared the winner of this. >> stephanie: probably. >> maybe. >> stephanie: romney did try the same play. remember we were saying is he going to do the same play. he did. this time he got fact...
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this time, apparently led by ann romney and tag romney. apparently tag romney got sick of his dad waffling and listening to everybody and hearing them out. according to a family friend: >> look at that. isn't that amazing? here they are less than a month before the election and they're still to figure out who the hell mitt romney is and his son has to pull him aside and they view this as a positive thing tell his dad stop being so goddamn week and get up and stop being embarrassed about yourself. that's the guy they think should be president of the united states? >> oh, for christ's sake, how many public personas is he going to have. 28 days before the election, oh, let me figure out this public persona. he's mr. number 47. remember, what he says in public changes all the time. what he says in private is what's really interesting. of course, everybody remembers mr. 47%. >> that's the real mitt romney, who doesn't give a damn about 47% of this country and no debate changed that. what, he was a better actor in the debate than president obama
this time, apparently led by ann romney and tag romney. apparently tag romney got sick of his dad waffling and listening to everybody and hearing them out. according to a family friend: >> look at that. isn't that amazing? here they are less than a month before the election and they're still to figure out who the hell mitt romney is and his son has to pull him aside and they view this as a positive thing tell his dad stop being so goddamn week and get up and stop being embarrassed about...
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romney doesn't have that money. when the florida campaign was finished they packed on on to the next states. not leaving anything in place they're embarrassing themselves. if romney goes down in defeat tomorrow, it's a huge embarrassment and someone that he'll live with for the rest of his campaign even if he's the nominee. the long process works against the republicans. >> you got a gut feeling? >> you know, i have an ample gut, but i go by data, and the data justs it's a very close, close call. if you had to bet you wouldn't probably bet on romney by boy i wouldn't want to bet too much money at all on that prognostication. >> thank you for joining us. i sure appreciate it. mark melman ceo of the melman group. and in the next 24 hours michigan is critical to the romney nomination as we've seen but we're going to dig deeper. when you are the attorney general you mace legal challenges every day. and my interview with california's ag is next. this is "the war room." do not go away. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uyg
romney doesn't have that money. when the florida campaign was finished they packed on on to the next states. not leaving anything in place they're embarrassing themselves. if romney goes down in defeat tomorrow, it's a huge embarrassment and someone that he'll live with for the rest of his campaign even if he's the nominee. the long process works against the republicans. >> you got a gut feeling? >> you know, i have an ample gut, but i go by data, and the data justs it's a very...
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>> the romney shambles, as they're being called, actually started before romney set foot in the u.k. romney adviser, of course, is quoted as saying that romney understood the quote angelo saxon heritage of the united states better that the president did. he is participating in all of the olympic events. he will not be watching his wife participate in the dressage competition, but he will be watching the u.s. men compete in the swimming competition. that's barely going to make up for the gaffe-prone trip he has had in london so far. >> eliot: i'm glad you messageed that dressage competition. i never knew how to pronounce it. it never instruct me that you needed to have a net worth of nine figures to know what it was. is it the horse or the person who competes who gets the medal. >> the person gets the medal. the horse gets the glory. it's a more complex form of horse ballet. it is a horse with a rider in a top hat and suit going through a choreograph set to music. and then at the end theres is a grand prix freestyle i kid you not, that's what it's called. it costs north of six figures
>> the romney shambles, as they're being called, actually started before romney set foot in the u.k. romney adviser, of course, is quoted as saying that romney understood the quote angelo saxon heritage of the united states better that the president did. he is participating in all of the olympic events. he will not be watching his wife participate in the dressage competition, but he will be watching the u.s. men compete in the swimming competition. that's barely going to make up for the...
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i'll give you this much ann romney is a better speaker than mitt romney. but i thought chris christie and ann romney both bombed last night. what do you think? 866-55-press? am i being too hard on ann romney. 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending you monthly doses right to your door so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com. ♪ >> i only stand here tonight as a wife, mother grandmother, an american, and make you this solemn commitment. this man will not fail. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. there she is ann romney
i'll give you this much ann romney is a better speaker than mitt romney. but i thought chris christie and ann romney both bombed last night. what do you think? 866-55-press? am i being too hard on ann romney. 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere...
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. >> romney's response showed a lack of presidential character and republican experts said romney's remarks were the worst possible reaction to what happened. if this is how he handles the world now think of what mitt romney might do as president. >> eliot: for more on mitt romney's assault on foreign policy record and focus in the middle east i'm joined by james traub who writes regular column "terms of engagement" for foreign policy.com and jon soltz, an iraq war veteran and co-founder and chairman of vote vets.org . is there anything tangible to bitebite into. >> it is adder. the bellicose language is the classic bellicose language, democrats are soft. democrats are weak. democrats are not resolute. but in this speech they've gotten closer to president obama than they were before. in the case of iran, which is iwhich has always been romney's big issue, he didn't say we should be prepared to bomb iran. no. he said, because he's trying to show that he's moderate now we should be prepared to impose tight sanctions on iran. >> eliot: what does that mean? the sanctions are crushing the irania
. >> romney's response showed a lack of presidential character and republican experts said romney's remarks were the worst possible reaction to what happened. if this is how he handles the world now think of what mitt romney might do as president. >> eliot: for more on mitt romney's assault on foreign policy record and focus in the middle east i'm joined by james traub who writes regular column "terms of engagement" for foreign policy.com and jon soltz, an iraq war veteran...
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but mitt romney. again, he shuts down a plant because it kills and now he's out there -- it is like he banned assault weapons when he was governor of massachusetts. and then running for president he's all for them because the nra is for them. >> there are so many flip-flops, this could be a huge flip-flop. it would be a huge story but there are just so many to choose from it is like take your pick on which one you want to get the most outraged about. >> bill: he makes john kerry look solid consistent all the way. we'll have a lot of fun. victoria jones from talk radio news will be with us as a "friend of bill." brad woodhouse one of our favorites, communications director for the democratic national committee will be along as well in studio. we'll talk to susan paige, the washington bureau chief for "usa today." hey, great line-up for you. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> some other headlines making news for you on this thursday morning. carlos beltran got injured in the cardinals/gia
but mitt romney. again, he shuts down a plant because it kills and now he's out there -- it is like he banned assault weapons when he was governor of massachusetts. and then running for president he's all for them because the nra is for them. >> there are so many flip-flops, this could be a huge flip-flop. it would be a huge story but there are just so many to choose from it is like take your pick on which one you want to get the most outraged about. >> bill: he makes john kerry...
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with the video driving numbers down romney sounded contrite at a univision forum last night. >> romney: my campaign is about the 100%. >> obama: when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims. that somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> eliot: univision's anchors pressed both and candidates on immigration. romney stuck to promising comprehensive change while hammering the president for failing to achieve his own comprehensive reform. >> romney: i'm not going to be rounding people out and deporting them out of the country. we'll put in place and a permanent solution and when i'm president, i will actually do what i promise. i will put in place an immigration reform to solve this. >> eliot: for his part, president obama admitted that while immigration policy was his biggest failure it wasn't for lack of trying. >> obama: i'm happy to take responsibility for the fact we didn't get it done. we did put forward a dream act that was passed in the house. got overwhelming majority of support from dem
with the video driving numbers down romney sounded contrite at a univision forum last night. >> romney: my campaign is about the 100%. >> obama: when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims. that somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> eliot: univision's anchors pressed both and candidates on immigration. romney stuck to promising comprehensive change while hammering the president...
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watch. >> here's what romney doesn't understand. nobody cares that mitt romney is rich. it is romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government's tax code largesse. that's a little offensive to people especially considering romney's view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like i don't know food and medicine. >> jennifer: that's it! i thought. it is that romney is taking advantage of the government's free stuff too! and he has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time. even as he rails about the free stuff the government provides other people. let's take one example. this company gs steel. the little kansas city missouri steel company that bain bought for $75 million. but they bought it for $75 million. they only put $8 million of bain's own money into the deal. they borrowed the rest. and within a year, romney and bain put gs steel further into debt borrowing another $125 million. now some of that money was put to good use like modernizing the factory but $36 million of the borrowed money was p
watch. >> here's what romney doesn't understand. nobody cares that mitt romney is rich. it is romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government's tax code largesse. that's a little offensive to people especially considering romney's view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like i don't know food and medicine. >> jennifer: that's it! i thought. it is that romney is taking advantage of the government's free stuff too! and...
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and mitt romney. >> mormon fight! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it was on governor grandholm's show that his daughter -- >> she is switching to democrat. right. >> stephanie: he is not going to the rnc. as marcos writes sure the evidence is circumstantial but still pretty solid wouldn't you say? >> yeah, the other thing they say it is huntsman who wrote the article that had sources that romney wouldn't have run for president if he knew he had to open up his tax files. and i think you are right this is death by a thousand cuts. it says a lot about the fact there is somebody who dealt with him along the way who dislikes him so much that they are willing to put this out there. >> stephanie: yes. everyone in the world hates him. it's like that movie with jack black. >> bernie. >> oh, bernie? >> stephanie: yeah. >> that's a real popular flick. >> i won. >> stephanie: i just saw the trailer, but you guys know what i mean. [ laughter ] >> harry reid's behavior is so confusing because they are not used to seeing democrats go on
and mitt romney. >> mormon fight! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it was on governor grandholm's show that his daughter -- >> she is switching to democrat. right. >> stephanie: he is not going to the rnc. as marcos writes sure the evidence is circumstantial but still pretty solid wouldn't you say? >> yeah, the other thing they say it is huntsman who wrote the article that had sources that romney wouldn't have run for president if he knew he had to open up his tax files....
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governor romney. i didn't just compromise, i crossed over to your side and y'all still wouldn't support me. >> eliot: you have persuaded just whether he can persuade whoever is in the middle, the undecided category who knows. the line between benghazi and syria worries me in the sense that i think it has become the image of the president's foreign policy. how does the president say syria and benghazi do not capture what we have accomplished. >> jennifer: but what would mitt romney do different? >> eliot: you are absolutely right. but where we navigated the arab spring -- >> jennifer: remind people of that. the incident in benghazi is a tragedy, but syria is totally different from benghazi. you are saying the whole thing wraps together making him look weak -- >> eliot: exactly. >> jennifer: he goes right at mitt romney and saying are you saying you would send american men and women into war in syria when we don't know who the next leader is going to be? and the same answer in afghanistan. do you agree
governor romney. i didn't just compromise, i crossed over to your side and y'all still wouldn't support me. >> eliot: you have persuaded just whether he can persuade whoever is in the middle, the undecided category who knows. the line between benghazi and syria worries me in the sense that i think it has become the image of the president's foreign policy. how does the president say syria and benghazi do not capture what we have accomplished. >> jennifer: but what would mitt romney...
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ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as muchch confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and stupifyingly and the flip flop performed by romney the ridiculous. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: medicare has been in the news all week. but if you're not a political junkie, or if you're not actually getting medicare, the subject of medicare is probably a bit confusing. that is, you know, what exactly what the romney campaign wants. they want to make his position on medicare confusing to you. so today he claimed to simplify things with a little white board routine. but he failed miserably. inspired political shows around the world to break out their own white boards in mock t w
ladies and gentlemen, mitt romney. >> romney: good morning. this is a nice spot. i know there is an effort by some people to try to bring as muchch confusion to the topic of medicare as possible. >> jennifer: oh, mitt, you're just being humble. seriously, take a bough. no one deserves credit for muddying the medicare waters more than you do. it's not just the lies but the conviction with which you tell them. and then today the white board. it was like a magic show and ineligible and...
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romney opposed it. obama helped g.m. and chrysler. romney said let them go belly up. that's pretty clear. there is a big difference there. i don't know why you're having a hard time with this. >> caller: no. our main thing is jobs. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i'm talking about both candidates saying things that -- really like obama going against -- his christian values about same-sex marriage and the right to have abortions. he's catering to the woman's vote and the gay vote saying whatever -- saying whatever they want to hear. >> bill: david let me tell you something. there's nothing unchristian about supporting equal rights for all americans and equal rights for american women. i would say that is a christian value and if -- i think president obama is living up to his christian values by taking those positions. but on the auto industry and that's what we're talking about dude there's no equiv case here. -- equivocation here. there's no false equivalency between mitt romney and barack obama. barack obama saved the auto industry. mitt romney wants to destroy it. he's te
romney opposed it. obama helped g.m. and chrysler. romney said let them go belly up. that's pretty clear. there is a big difference there. i don't know why you're having a hard time with this. >> caller: no. our main thing is jobs. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i'm talking about both candidates saying things that -- really like obama going against -- his christian values about same-sex marriage and the right to have abortions. he's catering to the woman's vote and the gay vote...
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romney is a walking gaffe machine. when he says to obama you just made a gaffe, then we find out he made a gaffe previously. romney needs to reveal his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that speech. he has not stood behind a podium and said here is my economic agenda and here's why it's going to work. >> what he lacks in charm he makes up for in secrecy. >> eliot: i think you gave us the headline. there is a lack of clarity. a lack of capacity even to understand what he has been. where has paul ryan gone? being booted to aarp, further proof that the medicare debate that they relish they want to engage in, this is not a selling point for anyone in america. >> there was a moment when ryan came on board and we thought we woul
romney is a walking gaffe machine. when he says to obama you just made a gaffe, then we find out he made a gaffe previously. romney needs to reveal his campaign talk facts and statistics that are true, and let's face it, everyone talks about bill clinton used facts. that's what voters want. they want facts figures and proper arguments. >> eliot: the public would love it pivot from the 47% and to a real debate on what an economic policy would succeed. but mitt romney has not given us that...
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romney would do that. what this really shows me is that romney is trying so hard to be a sheep's in wool's clothing saying don't believe it. i'm going to be the moderate pragmatic guy. >> eliot: when you look at what he says it is the same 'ol stuff. and this is the same litany of policies that led us over the precipice in 2008. is that a fair and accurate critique? >> sure, romney is surely the greater evil here on every count, the foreign policy. he'll bring the neo-conservatives back. in policies, he's not even interested in the mild dodd-frank. the reason why he's able to get away with it, it seems to me that he he's been polling and not only did he denounce george w. bush but those democrats who went for the radical regulation. he was very clear about that. and he's populous. what romney has recognized there is real pain out there and people want something done. if obama is more of the same, he's in trouble. >> eliot: look, mitt romney is appeal to go folks right now to folks whose logic is give me so
romney would do that. what this really shows me is that romney is trying so hard to be a sheep's in wool's clothing saying don't believe it. i'm going to be the moderate pragmatic guy. >> eliot: when you look at what he says it is the same 'ol stuff. and this is the same litany of policies that led us over the precipice in 2008. is that a fair and accurate critique? >> sure, romney is surely the greater evil here on every count, the foreign policy. he'll bring the neo-conservatives...
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romney had the edge. who seemed like the stronger leader romney had the edge. when you ask who won the debate, and asking them where it leads them in terms of their vote are two different things. >> eliot: it's not clear which of those questions are causally linked to the vote. the president tried to do cross-examination on the governor last night, on the issue of the 8 trillion-dollar he calculated 8 trillion-dollar in costs in additional spending by romney. and governor romney has not given us any answers about how he's closing that huge gap, that chasm. can he do that throughout the rest of the campaign. >> i think president obama and democrats are hammering governor romney and paul ryan about that because it is a kind of remarkable thing. they're saying we're going to give everybody marginal tax break cut. be marginal, and we won't tell what you the loops holes are. some of the only loopholes that get through, those are hugely popular deductions. if you did away with them, they would have very negative affects in other ways. i can't see how this math works.
romney had the edge. who seemed like the stronger leader romney had the edge. when you ask who won the debate, and asking them where it leads them in terms of their vote are two different things. >> eliot: it's not clear which of those questions are causally linked to the vote. the president tried to do cross-examination on the governor last night, on the issue of the 8 trillion-dollar he calculated 8 trillion-dollar in costs in additional spending by romney. and governor romney has not...
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and in hawai'i romney 9. with 1144 needed to win romney has 495 which is still 64 more than santorum and gingrich and paul combined. romney campaign political director pleased with the salaries saying tuesday's results actually increased governor romney's delegate lead while his opponents moved closer to their mathematical elimination. the suggestion of a gingrich campaign anonymous senior adviser told the "huffington post" newt gringrich and rick santorum would make a powerful team against barack obama. they have the capability to deny mitt romney the number placing. despite third-place showing in states, there was no pressure that could force him out of the race. >> the pressure is going to be that the romney people want me out, that the washington establishment wants me out, the lobbyists want me to get out the wall street millionaires who have given to romney. >> a super pack suggesting that nut nut could win the in a brokered convention. >> my guest after the first ballot which mitt romney will fail, it'
and in hawai'i romney 9. with 1144 needed to win romney has 495 which is still 64 more than santorum and gingrich and paul combined. romney campaign political director pleased with the salaries saying tuesday's results actually increased governor romney's delegate lead while his opponents moved closer to their mathematical elimination. the suggestion of a gingrich campaign anonymous senior adviser told the "huffington post" newt gringrich and rick santorum would make a powerful team...
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and that is a problem for romney. as far as winning the overall popular vote he has to pick it up here in southeast michigan. a lot of very nervous people here tonight in the romney watch party. >> on the other hand apparently in 2000 when john mccain won this primary, 17% in this open primary of the voters were democrats who were trying to make -- their own selection of who the nominee should be? so perhaps this is successful? perhaps it wasn't. but 10% is large enough margin to decide it it? >> it is. and there are some union households, but for the most part they got instructions from the uaw over the past couple of days that they should be part of this depreciation chaos and support rick santorum. so not just the self identified democrats, but people who go by different labels there was this entire effort to try to cause mitt romney some trouble, and again, the santorum campaign is saying wait a second, if romney wants to complain about inviting democrats and independents into this primary then romney should compl
and that is a problem for romney. as far as winning the overall popular vote he has to pick it up here in southeast michigan. a lot of very nervous people here tonight in the romney watch party. >> on the other hand apparently in 2000 when john mccain won this primary, 17% in this open primary of the voters were democrats who were trying to make -- their own selection of who the nominee should be? so perhaps this is successful? perhaps it wasn't. but 10% is large enough margin to decide...
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mitt romney lying? >> romney. were you lying then or now? >> stephanie: he testified the company was worth very little and tom was a dreamer and the dream continues. romney characterized the staples stock as overvalued saying i didn't place a great amount of credibility in the forecast of the company's future. partly as a result of his testimony, maureen got little in the divorce. they cashed their stock for a fortune. romney lied to screw the friend's wife over. but wait there's more. there's more. >> and a steamer. >> you're going to love my nuts. >> if you're british then you'll buy it. >> stephanie: our sources say years later maureen who suffered from m.s. got a visit from one of tom's guys who gave her papers informing her tom was canceling her health insurance. the irony here is tom was working as one of then governor romney's chief healthcare advisers. sources tell us tom also got custody of the couple's one child making allegations of abuse against maureen and get this, in the mid '90s, tom sent the boy a letter although he loved hi
mitt romney lying? >> romney. were you lying then or now? >> stephanie: he testified the company was worth very little and tom was a dreamer and the dream continues. romney characterized the staples stock as overvalued saying i didn't place a great amount of credibility in the forecast of the company's future. partly as a result of his testimony, maureen got little in the divorce. they cashed their stock for a fortune. romney lied to screw the friend's wife over. but wait there's...
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mitt romney. romney started the day leading newt gingrich, scoring double-digit leads in most of them. it looks like that's how it is going to turn out. and now with just 43% according to the associated press, not just -- he is ahead of gingrich by 48%. last week's campaigning saw a brutal ad war. along with personal attacks from both men of course. gingrich accusing romney of being a proabortion, liar and liberal, and romney who seemed to enjoy unhinging gingrich attacked him as a washington insider with more baggage than the airlines who was forced to resign as speaker while in office. so in this hour together it will be a moving target. we'll discuss the outcome, look at the numbers, hear from some of the candidates hopefully. and determine where we go from here. david shuster in tampa florida. on set with me for the entire hour, governor elliott spitzer good to see you. >> good to be here. whoever wins the republican primary is the republican.com knee. >> i think this is the first of many domi
mitt romney. romney started the day leading newt gingrich, scoring double-digit leads in most of them. it looks like that's how it is going to turn out. and now with just 43% according to the associated press, not just -- he is ahead of gingrich by 48%. last week's campaigning saw a brutal ad war. along with personal attacks from both men of course. gingrich accusing romney of being a proabortion, liar and liberal, and romney who seemed to enjoy unhinging gingrich attacked him as a washington...
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romney. >> bill: the latest gallup poll shows romney up. don't panic. in fact, i would say don't pay any attention to it whatsoever. we've been through this before, but every time one of those polls come out people say oh, my god it's all over, it's all over. no, not at all. couple which points to remember, one, this is a national tracking poll, national tracking polls don't mean beans. we do not elect a president of the united states with a national popularity poll. we do not have a national referendum. we do it state by state. number two gallup, that particular poll, is only one of six daily national tracking polls, all of which are meaningless, but of the six gallup is the least trustworthy of all. nate silver who has the best site on "the new york times," what he calls a 538 site, analyzes and traction 136 different polls and he reports yesterday that the gallup poll is the least trustworthy of all 136. in the year 2000, in august, for example, they had george bush over al gore by 16 points. then in september, they had al gore up over g
romney. >> bill: the latest gallup poll shows romney up. don't panic. in fact, i would say don't pay any attention to it whatsoever. we've been through this before, but every time one of those polls come out people say oh, my god it's all over, it's all over. no, not at all. couple which points to remember, one, this is a national tracking poll, national tracking polls don't mean beans. we do not elect a president of the united states with a national popularity poll. we do not have a...
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there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama with the exception of romney wanting to appeal health care but also the american public wants to like their american leaders. let's face it, their favorability and likability ratings are abysmally low. no one knows who mitt romney is, and liking his wife is not enough to get him elected president of the united states, so he had to start off where he did, which was reforming and explaining the damage that has been done to the republican party and letting us know who he is. without doing that the next six weeks are completely unimportant to him. so we expect to see a little bit of a bump. one of the things i wanted to add, though this bump he receive is coming before barack obama speaks next week. he is a fabulous speaker. people like his wife and children, and the fact he is so supportive of women's rights in the workplace and reproductive rights, so i would think we would see any bump that mitt romney got this week probably evaporate after next week. >> jennifer: karl one more quick question, romney claimed that
there are not a lot of differences between mitt romney and barack obama with the exception of romney wanting to appeal health care but also the american public wants to like their american leaders. let's face it, their favorability and likability ratings are abysmally low. no one knows who mitt romney is, and liking his wife is not enough to get him elected president of the united states, so he had to start off where he did, which was reforming and explaining the damage that has been done to...
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how about the romney lead. gingrich and santorum are acting at this stage that the lead does not count for much in the delegate count doesn't count for much. are they delusional or do they have to say it. >> they have to say it, but it is delusional especially when they state their goal is a brokered convention, and mitt romney comes in with the commanding lead. there's no hope of that. mitt romney needs to win the 50% remaining delegates. santorum has to win 65%. newt gringrich has to win 70% and you look at the schedule going on here on and it plays out in mitt romney's favor to the extent that the remaining contest or the next several contests are primaries where mitt romney intended to do better, and where organization and money is awarded where the ground game and grassroots enthusiasm can sometimes overcome the type of organization that mitt romney has a huge advantage over both gingrich and santorum and things seem to be looking mitt romney's way even if it's not a pretty process. >> the vision quest asp
how about the romney lead. gingrich and santorum are acting at this stage that the lead does not count for much in the delegate count doesn't count for much. are they delusional or do they have to say it. >> they have to say it, but it is delusional especially when they state their goal is a brokered convention, and mitt romney comes in with the commanding lead. there's no hope of that. mitt romney needs to win the 50% remaining delegates. santorum has to win 65%. newt gringrich has to...
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. >> romney is embraced by the rich. >> it's my honor, real honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. >> but is it a privilege romney can afford. last year trump called him a loser. the u.s. tax code. >> tax reform should follow the buffet rule. if you make more than a million dollars a year you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. >> hip -- hypocrisy in pink. and gop indeed. >> yes! yes! yes! >> a new survey reveals republicans have more sex but more orgasms. the only one and only michael musto is here to explain more. all of that and more now on "countdown"! >> i'll have what she is having. ♪ >> good evening. this is thursday february 2nd, 279 days until the 2012 presidential election. i'm david shuster sitting in for keith olberman. mitt romney gets a celebrity endorsement and our first story in the "countdown" romney is riding high while the president is calling for fairness. >> if i'm willing to give something up to somebody who has been extraordinarily blessed, and give up some of the tax breaks that i enjoy, i actually think that's going to make economic sense, but for me
. >> romney is embraced by the rich. >> it's my honor, real honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. >> but is it a privilege romney can afford. last year trump called him a loser. the u.s. tax code. >> tax reform should follow the buffet rule. if you make more than a million dollars a year you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. >> hip -- hypocrisy in pink. and gop indeed. >> yes! yes! yes! >> a new survey reveals republicans have more sex but...
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romney has a massive opportunity. if he appears relatable to middle class voters, that could be a moment where he cements that poll bump he got after the debate in the last time around. >> cenk: you agree with that? mitt romney who can crystallize what he created last time. >> it's always mitt's to lose. he's also not one of those people--he doesn't connect with the average voter. if there any kind of test, he's not going to do well. obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian by any stretch of the imagination when he says, i feel your pain. but this format was better for him four years ago when mccain looked weird, he was walking in front of cameras, and obama was running against someone whose hair was on fire. now you have this opponent who is hedging his bets more than mccain was, so this is--it's very challenging for obama. >> eliot: barack obama needs to reclaim the simple mantle of hope and change. he went from being hope and change to the status quo. how does he communicate to the audience not only those
romney has a massive opportunity. if he appears relatable to middle class voters, that could be a moment where he cements that poll bump he got after the debate in the last time around. >> cenk: you agree with that? mitt romney who can crystallize what he created last time. >> it's always mitt's to lose. he's also not one of those people--he doesn't connect with the average voter. if there any kind of test, he's not going to do well. obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian...
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are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and socially conservative. you have the massachusetts moderate label that's kind of followed mitt romney around, it might not be a natural switch. i do think at the end of the day, social conservatives and all conservatives want to see barack obama be a one-term president. i would expect them to make the move, though not as quickly as the romney camp would like. >> bill: one thing this surprised me about santorum was after saying that and getting into that little tassel with "the new york times" but after saying mitt romney was the worst person in the country to run for republicans, to put up again
are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and...
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and that man is mitt romney. the future of our country is at steak. >> jennifer: what happened to it's halftime in america? that's airing in seven swing states that ad. florida, ohio, virginia colorado, nevada iowa. but to break down the state of the gop we had to call in the always outspoken former arizona congressman, j.d. heyworth. j.d. welcome back inside "the war room." >> jennifer it's get to be with you. my granddad was a back upcatcher -- >> jennifer: i knew i could count on you, man. >> you and i are with the tigers, and we'll start on that note of you nan empty. >> jennifer: that's a good strong start. salon and nbc news have reported that there are incidents where empty chairs due to the clint eastwood stuff are now being hung from trees. do you find it that'swood is the inspiration for these so-called chair lynchings. >> i'm not in favor of chair lynchings, but in terms of being a spokesman clint eastwood is pretty effective obviously. the numbers must have come in pretty well for him to be up in swin
and that man is mitt romney. the future of our country is at steak. >> jennifer: what happened to it's halftime in america? that's airing in seven swing states that ad. florida, ohio, virginia colorado, nevada iowa. but to break down the state of the gop we had to call in the always outspoken former arizona congressman, j.d. heyworth. j.d. welcome back inside "the war room." >> jennifer it's get to be with you. my granddad was a back upcatcher -- >> jennifer: i knew...
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mitt romney flatters the president. like the poor dog who doesn't realize he is wearing a shock color. mitt romney again sticks his nose into foreign policy. no humiliating statements this time embarrassing gaffes no new ideas, no boldness no inspiration, no excitement and definitely nothing like this. >> infawnty cams in to score, and the tigers are going in two games to none! ♪ >> jennifer: okay. forgive me but it is completely appropriate that we start tonight with a tip of my hat and cup to my detroit tigers. for the moment anyway providing a distraction from really more unpleasant matters. it pains me to say this but mitt romney's debate performance was really one of record books. because according to the gallup poll he beat president obama by more than 50 points. that's the biggest spread in any presidential debate ever. now romney is going to go head to head with the president on domestic issues and foreign policy. romney laid out his clearest foreign policy plan to date. he opened with an attack on the preside
mitt romney flatters the president. like the poor dog who doesn't realize he is wearing a shock color. mitt romney again sticks his nose into foreign policy. no humiliating statements this time embarrassing gaffes no new ideas, no boldness no inspiration, no excitement and definitely nothing like this. >> infawnty cams in to score, and the tigers are going in two games to none! ♪ >> jennifer: okay. forgive me but it is completely appropriate that we start tonight with a tip of my...
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oh, who is more butch than romney. an audience member shouted no girly men.% prompting him to say, that's right, no girly men. stephen colbert said if science gives you something you don't like, pass a law stopping it. [ applause ] >> stephanie: it's that guy. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: okay. all right. >> wow. >> stephanie: scott in rich monday, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi scott! >> caller: morning steph. >> stephanie: good morning. >> caller: i'm a jew living in eric cantor's district -- [overlapping speakers] >> stephanie: what is that? >> caller: if wayne defeats cantor for me, it will be just like christmas for me. [ laughter ] >> caller: what i really called about though is this video clip that they have been running showing obama talking about redistribution -- >> stephanie: yes, in 1998 uh-huh. >> caller: if you look at the out of context clip that they are using what he is talking about is redistributing the government programs the assets of the government programs from the taxes they have already
oh, who is more butch than romney. an audience member shouted no girly men.% prompting him to say, that's right, no girly men. stephen colbert said if science gives you something you don't like, pass a law stopping it. [ applause ] >> stephanie: it's that guy. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: okay. all right. >> wow. >> stephanie: scott in rich monday, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi scott! >> caller: morning steph. >> stephanie: good...
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so romney had a good night. but he is still not racking up the numbers he needs to get the delegates by the time we get to the last election this june. that's really troubling if you are a republican and mitt romney. >> and santorum -- what is the percentage he would have to win to stage a block? >> to stage a block, he only has to win about 50 to 60% of the delegates, but that's more than he has been able to win up to this point. so it looks very difficult for him to be the candidate who is that close. but you keep gingrich in the race he doesn't seem like he is getting out any time soon. that with multiple candidates that's what is making it hard for romney to amass the actual majority. >> republicans are going to go to overtime, i think on this. >> i'm excited about it. looking ahead to the louisiana primary, there was another poll that was done of likely republican voters that shows santorum with a 13-point lead. now who knows how much romny is going to be able to spend to be able to overcome that, it is on
so romney had a good night. but he is still not racking up the numbers he needs to get the delegates by the time we get to the last election this june. that's really troubling if you are a republican and mitt romney. >> and santorum -- what is the percentage he would have to win to stage a block? >> to stage a block, he only has to win about 50 to 60% of the delegates, but that's more than he has been able to win up to this point. so it looks very difficult for him to be the...
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i think romney -- maybe it was ray from buffalo. romney believes you know, he's a ceo. that's his whole experience. he's run companies. he can do anything he wants as a ceo. i think he kind of sees that as republican candidate that he will decide what he releases, what he doesn't. he will decide what he talks about, what he doesn't. he will decide where he goes and where he doesn't. i think that's a little arrogance on his part that maybe comes with being a ceo that's going to get him in trouble. before we take another break, i have to talk -- i appreciate your calls. need to mention one other thing we need to keep in mind. you've heard me talk so much about global warming. that's my column which is up on our web right now. this is heat wave -- does this heat wave tell us anything? global warming is here. reaffirmed by the fact the department of agriculture reporting this morning -- here is the headline in "the washington post." "drought is the worst in half a century". 55% of the landmass of the united states is now suffering moderate to severe drought conditions. that
i think romney -- maybe it was ray from buffalo. romney believes you know, he's a ceo. that's his whole experience. he's run companies. he can do anything he wants as a ceo. i think he kind of sees that as republican candidate that he will decide what he releases, what he doesn't. he will decide what he talks about, what he doesn't. he will decide where he goes and where he doesn't. i think that's a little arrogance on his part that maybe comes with being a ceo that's going to get him in...
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is there really quite a saturation of romney ads, attacking -- or romney-supporting attack ads? >> what you are inundated with? >> well the figures show that romney is really spending about twice as much money as santorum. and a lot of the ads that are being -- that are up on the air are negative ads. there are ads that are defining santorum as the bad guy and ads defining mitt romney as the good guy. >> so it's interesting to me. obviously, romney has doubled down on his criticism of the bail-out, and we know that there has been a lot of talk about that in michigan and it might be an issue in a general election but since santorum also opposed the bail-out that does not seem to be having an impact on romney obviously. >> no. it isn't. it may have an impact in the general election for either candidate, but as a matter of fact, there have been a couple of polls out that actually show that opposition to the auto bail-out is a positive among republican party primary voters. so that's -- >> i still don't get that steve. i just don't get that. sol many people see how effect i have the
is there really quite a saturation of romney ads, attacking -- or romney-supporting attack ads? >> what you are inundated with? >> well the figures show that romney is really spending about twice as much money as santorum. and a lot of the ads that are being -- that are up on the air are negative ads. there are ads that are defining santorum as the bad guy and ads defining mitt romney as the good guy. >> so it's interesting to me. obviously, romney has doubled down on his...
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have you eh seen mitt romney so animated. i always figured he was kind of a stickler for the rules guy, but to go so far as to kind of tattle on rick perry. and what about the time that president obama was kurt with hilary clinton. >> i don't think i am that bad. >> you are likable enough hilary. >> thank you. >> jennifer: there has been endless speculation about who is going to do better and of course the fact is they both have weaknesses when it comes to debating, and how do they get over those weaknesses. joining us tonight for more on how we can expect the to perform is alan schroeder. he is a professor of journalism at northeastern university and author of "presidential debates: 50 yours of high risk tv". love it! welcome inside "the war room" professor. >> thank you very much. i wanted to start by saying can i call you jennifer the way that sarah palin -- >> only if you wink when you do that. >> right. right. >> jennifer: you absolutely can, let's start with the candidate's weaknesses. you have said that president obama
have you eh seen mitt romney so animated. i always figured he was kind of a stickler for the rules guy, but to go so far as to kind of tattle on rick perry. and what about the time that president obama was kurt with hilary clinton. >> i don't think i am that bad. >> you are likable enough hilary. >> thank you. >> jennifer: there has been endless speculation about who is going to do better and of course the fact is they both have weaknesses when it comes to debating, and...
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there's a couple of reasons why the romney might add mitt romney got hammered yesterday because romney made a comment about what he believed about healthcare and he was called out on that, and concern today, some were calling mitt romney a liar on this issue. so heard serious accusations against mitt romney. on the other hand, if it is low turnout, again, the santorum campaign was thinking if it is low turnout, our people are energized. the question is would mitt romney's people be as energized and that hasn't proven to be the case in previous states. again, who knows how it will go at the end of the night. the romney campaign is highly dissatisfied because so much of the media coverage now, we're here at 10:00 and the networks are going off the air, and that's santorum was leading and that's not the story romney's campaign wanted. >> what's the story line they can sell in at the vent santorum wins, whereas, numerically it would be three firsts for romney and three seconds for romney and one-third in the seven we know about, already, plus north dakota and the other western states and a
there's a couple of reasons why the romney might add mitt romney got hammered yesterday because romney made a comment about what he believed about healthcare and he was called out on that, and concern today, some were calling mitt romney a liar on this issue. so heard serious accusations against mitt romney. on the other hand, if it is low turnout, again, the santorum campaign was thinking if it is low turnout, our people are energized. the question is would mitt romney's people be as energized...
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. >> romney: of course not. i said we're going to replace it -- >> bill: let's pick up on that again. now exactly what he is saying, mitt, for now what are you going to keep and what are you getting rid of -- >> romney: i'm not getting rid of all healthcare reform. there are a number of things i'm going to put in place, one is that those with preexisting conditions will have health care, and two that young people can stay on his parent's insurance. >> bill: you see. he is going to keep preexisting conditions and the part what he is going to keep kids on their parents health care. and what else? is he going to keep the part that insurance companies can't drop you if you get sick and start taking more money out of the pool than they thought you were going to take? is he going to get rid of the tax breaks that provide healthcare to their employers? again, we don't know. so suddenly romney who is totally against obamacare, now he is sort of for it. this is sort of like romney -- i got to tell you if i were a republi
. >> romney: of course not. i said we're going to replace it -- >> bill: let's pick up on that again. now exactly what he is saying, mitt, for now what are you going to keep and what are you getting rid of -- >> romney: i'm not getting rid of all healthcare reform. there are a number of things i'm going to put in place, one is that those with preexisting conditions will have health care, and two that young people can stay on his parent's insurance. >> bill: you see. he...
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now mitt romney is involved in a scandal. that sounds like a serial killer. >> romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of the notorious son of boss tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. >> cenk: son of boss! i'm going to break that down and show you how they avoided tax at bain capital let alone at marriott where son of boss happened: and then the sikh temple tragedy have been avoid first degree we had not removed agents tracking right wing terrorists. >> investigating pages ties to white supremacist groups. >> cenk: you know what, the guy who wrote the report on right wing extremists that was pulled under pressure is on the show tonight. don't miss that. that's an amazing story. we've got a story for you about how a school district got absolutely screwed. >> the district borrowed $105 million. a loan that with interest will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion. >> cenk: plus, i've got a chalkboard--kinda. i'm going write things out. it will be so mu
now mitt romney is involved in a scandal. that sounds like a serial killer. >> romney personally approved over $70 million in fictional losses to the irs as part of the notorious son of boss tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. >> cenk: son of boss! i'm going to break that down and show you how they avoided tax at bain capital let alone at marriott where son of boss happened: and then the sikh temple tragedy have been avoid first degree we had not...
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paul ryan, mitt romney's new running mate was in colorado and nevada and romney in ohio where the former massachusetts governor told coal miners that his energy policy included coal gas and oil while the president's did not. if you don't believe in coal or energy independence for america. if you believe the whole answer for our energy needs is wind and solar, say that. >> in fact mr. obama has said something a lot closer to a what paul ryan said to a g.o.p. crowd near denver. >> we have our own oil and gas. we have nuclear. we are all of the above, wind solar, coal. let's use it. >> mr. obama focused on wind which he says provides 20% of the states power fly supply. he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street regulations by romney. >> he said he will let the big banks
paul ryan, mitt romney's new running mate was in colorado and nevada and romney in ohio where the former massachusetts governor told coal miners that his energy policy included coal gas and oil while the president's did not. if you don't believe in coal or energy independence for america. if you believe the whole answer for our energy needs is wind and solar, say that. >> in fact mr. obama has said something a lot closer to a what paul ryan said to a g.o.p. crowd near denver. >> we...
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i think mitt romney will do what he thinks is good for mitt romney. and he wants donald trump's money, and will tolerate whatever donald trump has to say. >> can i talk about war roomy stuff here. >> sure. >> there was a poll that showed that the president is having trouble with white blue color worker males. >> let me just say we're not conceding any constituency and i think whatever the background, have reason to side with the president in this fight. the president's basic theory is that you build the economy from the middle out, not from the top down and that is distinnily not what governor romney's theory is. if you can give money to millionaires and raise taxes on people making $40,000 a year, that is not something that people should gravitate to. if you want to take student loan reforms and roll them back so we are giving money to bank and instead of students that's not something that a family should embrace. so we're going to compete vigorously for all constituencies. but there are obviously constituencies where our numbers are high, and where
i think mitt romney will do what he thinks is good for mitt romney. and he wants donald trump's money, and will tolerate whatever donald trump has to say. >> can i talk about war roomy stuff here. >> sure. >> there was a poll that showed that the president is having trouble with white blue color worker males. >> let me just say we're not conceding any constituency and i think whatever the background, have reason to side with the president in this fight. the president's...
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last night he didn't let mitt romney get away with the romney extreme makeover effort, which romney brought out in the first debate and tried last night. the difference was last night the president held mitt romney accountable for all the statements that romney made during the republican primary. in the first debate, romney tried to again reinvent himself and i think the president was just, he was caught by surprise by the willingness of romney just to do his total makeover, but he didn't get away with it last night romney didn't. >> bill: romney would say anything. i mean, he treat it again. >> we were talking about that earlier, congressman, you know, he's getting called on these things now. romneying having trouble. he got called on energy, on detroit and bankruptcy. oh, you adopted my plan. excuse me? how did you think the president did there fighting back on that auto question? >> that's right romney, really, another outrageous effort to mislead people, because he claimed that essentially the president followed mitt romney's advice which is absurd, because what the president's plan pro
last night he didn't let mitt romney get away with the romney extreme makeover effort, which romney brought out in the first debate and tried last night. the difference was last night the president held mitt romney accountable for all the statements that romney made during the republican primary. in the first debate, romney tried to again reinvent himself and i think the president was just, he was caught by surprise by the willingness of romney just to do his total makeover, but he didn't get...
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and mitt romney has a limited partnership through ann romney -- i won't call it a blind trust, a blond trust. he partnered up with a guy named paul singer, his key donor, and they bought up the delfy auto division of general motors $0.67 a share. they flipped most of it for 22 bucks, and now it's 30 bucks. and the difference is 100 -- $12.9 billion provided by the u.s. treasurer. and romney made at the absolutely minimum $15 million. and romney -- when i gave them the numbers, i said would you tell me where in the range, and all they said was this is only because of mr. obama's bailout. and here is the bottom line. you can say he is a smart investor. if obama is going to throw money out the window, he is going to catch it. but i said what about the jobs? because the romney camp closed 28 of 29 auto parts plants and moved them to china. >> bill: we have to take a quick break and we'll talk more about it. you have got to get the books, it's "billionaires and ballot bandits." you have a question for greg give us at cal at 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." thinking
and mitt romney has a limited partnership through ann romney -- i won't call it a blind trust, a blond trust. he partnered up with a guy named paul singer, his key donor, and they bought up the delfy auto division of general motors $0.67 a share. they flipped most of it for 22 bucks, and now it's 30 bucks. and the difference is 100 -- $12.9 billion provided by the u.s. treasurer. and romney made at the absolutely minimum $15 million. and romney -- when i gave them the numbers, i said would you...
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obama jokes with romney, and lawrence o'donnell challenges romney's son to a fight. it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> i'm putting together a scrap book of the whole 2012 campaign. i have these great pictures from the two debates, but i don't know which debate they're from. if you could--i have two pictures. there's one picture, i don't know if you can get that. and then there's another picture. >> obama: this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> after the recent town hall debate it's time for reflection. >> i got my swagger back! boom! >> romney: you're right, a campaign can required a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning suit for lunch, but then it's nice to finally wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> matthew fox stars. [ ♪ music ♪ ] in mitt romney and the dockers of destiny. >> okay, taggert. let's have a little talk just you an
obama jokes with romney, and lawrence o'donnell challenges romney's son to a fight. it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> i'm putting together a scrap book of the whole 2012 campaign. i have these great pictures from the two debates, but i don't know which debate they're from. if you could--i have two pictures. there's one picture, i don't know if you can get that. and then there's another picture. >> obama: this is the third time that governor romney and i...